Author: Dirk Frickenschmidt
Date: 09:31:23 08/17/98
Here's the PGN of the game. Kramnik,V (2780) - Adams,M (2715) [E32] WDR 16.8.1998 1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e6 3.Sc3 Lb4 4.Dc2 0-0 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Se4 7.Ld3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Sge2 cxd4 10.Sxd4 Sd7 11.f4 Dh4+ 12.g3 Dh3 13.Lf1 Dh5 14.Lg2 Sb6 15.0-0 Lxc3 16.bxc3 Lh3 17.f5 Lxg2 18.Dxg2 Sc4 19.g4 Dh4 20.f6 Sxe5 21.fxg7 Tfe8 22.Sf5 Dd8 23.Le3 Te6 24.g5 Tc8 25.Sh6+ Txh6 26.gxh6 Tc6 27.Kh1 Tg6 28.Dh3 Sg4 29.Df3 Dc7 30.Lg1 Se5 31.Dh3 Dc6 32.Ld4 Sg3+ 33.hxg3 Txh6 34.Dxh6 Dxh6+ 35.Kg2 f6 36.Tf4 Kxg7 37.Taf1 Dg6 38.Tf5 a6 39.T1f4 De8 40.Txf6 Kg8 41.Tf8+ Dxf8 42.Txf8+ Kxf8 43.Lxe5 1-0 It was a very entertaining game with attacking chess from both players. During the opening the GMs Pfleger and Hort thought the white position to show too many holes after Kramniks 11.f4!? which looked very risky. Black seemed to to seize the initiative and get very active play (strong knights and agressive queen). But after 17.f5 and white taking back on g2 with his queen it suddenly became clear that Kramnik could ignore his weak queenside pawn as well as black threats on white-squares, suddenly getting strong attck and soon threatening to isolate and catch the black queen. The "artist of survival" Adams, as he was called by the GMs, decided to get counterplay by an exchange sacrifice in move 25. Once more the GMs were very uncertain if new mating threats from black (from 29...Qc7 onward) were more dangerous or white still had winning chances. Kramnik still played it elegant and cool, getting an endgame with two rooks and bishop versus Queen, knight and two pawns, in which white doubled the rooks and finally got enough pressure to win back material and decide the ending in a pure blitz final resulting from time pressure on both sides. Hope you will enjoy the game Kind regards from Dirk
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